Chuck job

[thebeav2]

I'm In the process of submitting a bid on a major wood chuck job.
I can either charge by the chuck or the total job.
I can trap them with body grips and cage traps but I would rather not make multiple trips to the job site to complete the job. So Is there a means of killing these chucks In their dens with a minimum cash out lay. And can the average Joe trapper use these devices and where would I purchase them.

[mattduncan]

beav tractor supply here sells a cartrige called the giant destroyer it's a poison smoke bomb that you light after covering all holes but one throw in hole and cover hole supposed to kill them i have not used them so i can't say how effective , another way i,ve heard of is coni all holes you can find and call them out with an e-caller i heared this from darcy allkerton he uses a wildlife tech caller . how about a spring door colony trap to catch multi.s at one time don't bother trying a regular one though i know from experiance that the get out of them

[Mike Tucker]

Gary,
Not knowing the specifics of your particular situation, I would personally be inclined to bid on a 'per-week' basis, taking into account your financial requirements - having to be on site daily ( if using cage-traps), mileage, baits, lures, etc. Bidding on the 'total job' might saddle you with unexpected time & cost if the situation could not be resolved quickly due to no fault of your own - just a consideration from my own experience. Forget the ' per-animal ' charge. You know what it will cost you to drive out there each time and how many hours you will spend whether you catch 12 woodchucks per trip or zero - bill accordingly and allow for profit. On another note, Darcy's calling method is very effective in sensitive environs such as football/soccer fields - set up all the den openings with conibears & turn on the caller - then remove the traps after each session.

[Barkstone]

Hold on to the seat of your pants your going to like this.....

www.rodenator.com/

You can send me a gift later for all the fun you will have with this bugger.

[thebeav2]

That looks like a BLAST
If I get the job I will probably pay them for letting me do It. I will have to look Into this. Thanks

[springer78]

That rodenator works great for pocket gophers. haven't tried it on larger varmits yet, but it should work. just have to make sure that you seal the holes. 3 minutes fill for the typical pocket hole and they don't move again. takes the entire tunnel network out in one gratifying boom

[trappnman]

that rodenator might work good for a gopher here and there but there is a reason your company got it cheap....

[308rifle]

I agree with Steve about the rodenator, they look effective but in my experience they are not.

[thebeav2]

Here's the rest of the story.
I spent 5 days trapping. I was only 5 miles from the house.

I caught 48 chucks and 4 grinner's one skunk and 3 mink. I charged $25.00 per animal and $100.00 set up fee.

I think I did to good of a job since they have had NO chuck sightings after I left.

[bud24]

wow... thats a lot of critters....awesome

[northof50]

Beav did you go back and get this years contract again?
With weekly inspections worked in ?
Biologically; A lot ofyoung chucks move mid Sept to their winter dens they can find and will not come up for a while. There is not much disturbance around these, but old dens are a magnet.
There will not be any chuck signtings because no one is fighting over territory, no males whistling, so nobody pops their heads up, to see where Chuckysue is. Low populations keep their heads down to the ground, and too thier own business.

[ltgrey2]

Big jobs like that can be bid either way.
You should, IMO , scout it out, if possible.
Not always possible, but usually is.
I once did a job for the Ford Motor Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This was many years ago, early in my carreer as a WCO.
I bid it at a hundred a month, for nine months...so $900.
really cheap, even then!
Only took me 2 weeks to wipe out all the groundhogs though along a dike and I was on cruise control the rest of the time.

One thing about doing any job "by the animal", you find out just how good you are!
You don't produce, you don't get payed...Are you good enough to take that challenge ?
Well, are you ?

[packerfan]

Beav, are they still protected here? I never understood why, as they are all over the place (Madison's westside).